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Lexington, Ky, Us

Lexington, Kentucky

Leading R&D organization in complex product development engineering and delivery of single function and multi function laser printers for both the Small and Large Work Group segments of the laser printer market. Role is to lead and manage product development and execution from concept into product production at tier 1 manufacturers in Asia and other global locations.-Leading team of design engineers, as well as matrix teams (Hardware/Firmware Development, Mfg., Finance, & Marketing) in delivery of high-end to low-end single function and multifunction printers.-Leading program management of budgets, schedules, and program financial objectives.-Directing development of future product features/technologies to align with strategy.-Mentoring and developing staff toward high performance.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Leading R&D teams in development of Lexmark document scanners and monochrome multi-function laser printers and their scale up at tier one manufacturers in Asia.-Leading team of design engineers, as well as matrix teams (Hardware/Firmware Development, Mfg., Finance, & Marketing) in delivery of high-end to low-end laser printer and scanner products.-Leading program management of budgets, schedules, and program objectives.-Directing development of future product features/technologies roadmap to align with strategy.-Mentoring and developing staff toward high performance.-Leading project for product cost reductions totaling over $30MM for program life.-Area coordinator for ISO 9001 compliance audits.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Responsible to lead management of product quality and account quality for all laser printers and software products. Led resolution of key customer quality issues. Role extended to resolving product, organizational, and process issues that impacted enterprise customers’ experience. -Solved high-level problems for key Lexmark customers in product and product delivery. -Assigned worldwide responsibility to work across Hardware/Software Development, Manufac-turing, Field Support Engineering, Sales, and Marketing.-High visibility role required frequent presentation of status/progress to top executives.-Interacted with customers daily (middle management through executives) in resolution of product or account issues (ex. customers included Wells Fargo, Porsche, and Walgreens).-Developed influence skills with cross-functional teams as role had no directly reporting employees.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Championed disruptive printer joint-development with Australian technology firm, doubling performance versus similar products. Met objectives with lower budget than similar programs. Developed executive interfacing skills through frequent executive and CEO interactions.-Responsible for direct management of product development teams, and ownership of results for roadmaps, market plans, manufacturing, product quality, and program profitability.-Programs included developing a strategic printing technology partnership with an Australian research firm, as well as an Asian tier one partner for manufacturing.-Managed multi-million dollar budget.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Promoted to manage R&D departments and teams developing ink jet printers for Lexmark and Dell Computers. Responsible as primary engineering management interface to Dell management and executives in USA and Singapore. Also led two departments of firmware engineers to improve processes and schedule predictability. -Organized and led cross-functional “Situation Room” of 75 engineers and top technical leaders and applied Lean techniques to rapidly solve 25 key problems (12 man-years of engineering).-Learned how to manage and satisfy a large, demanding OEM client (Dell Computer).-Reorganized OEM product development teams to deliver Dell printers.-Successfully commercialized 17 printers with sales volume exceeding 8 million units.-Expanded skills by managing teams supporting system-critical core firmware for ink jet printers.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Led product development program of entry segment of All-In-One printers. Developed program objectives to deliver high quality, lowest cost All-In-One printers on the market. -Led 12 engineers in product development engineering and managed multiple dotted line organizations. Delivered programs on time, at low cost, and at high quality. -Leveraged joint development partnerships in product design (Funai and LiteOn). -Responsible for multi-million dollar program budgets to develop products at volumes totaling approximately 2 million units per year. -Led product development and engineering of innovative “i3” printer targeted at the emerging internet appliance market. -Responsible for program timelines, industrial designs, product development, product cost, program budget, and initial product quality.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Promoted to management on new ink jet printer platform team, after exceeding expectations as team leader.-Led team of 22 mechanical engineers and designers developing all mechanical engineering aspects of new ink jet printer platform using state of the art design techniques. -Worked with Korean manufacturing partner (Samsung) to conduct design for manufacturing.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Team leader for development of first ink jet printer Lexmark developed in engineering partnership with Asian (Funai) manufacturing firm. Program served as prototype for Lexmark ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) model for future products. Product was produced in volumes over 2 million units over its life.-Learned how to work with Japanese partner company (Funai).-Developed consumer product development program management skills.-Enhanced product development design skills.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Led team in performance of product engineering support for ink jet printers being produced in Lexmark factory in Lexington, KY. -Performed as Team Lead for product engineering team.-Identified and implemented printer cost reductions.-Identified and implemented product quality design improvements.-Led root cause analysis and correction of product field issues.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Provided engineering support for product assembly in rapidly growing Lexmark ink jet printer business. -Learned ink jet printer assembly and design concepts.-Performed production line layouts. -Developed manufacturing instructions and routings. -Resolved quality issues. Implemented Kan Ban systems. -Applied Lean Manufacturing techniques.

Cynthiana, Kentucky

Led capital engineering projects to develop manufacturing equipment and processes for Post-it(tm) Notes and box sealing tape. Developed expertise in project management, cross functional leadership, and computer controlled equipment design.

St. Paul, Mn

Hired into "Optimized Operations" program, with 2 months of classroom training on statistics, lean manufacturing, SPC, process improvement, and other Lean Manufacturing techniques. After training, relocated with project team to Boston, MA to conduct optimization projects in extruded heat shrink tubing facilities. Relocated to Camarillo, CA to conduct projects optimizing manufacturing of magnetic tape drives.

Msmse, Manufacturing Systems Engineering (Focus On Lean Mfg And Dfm)

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Pre-Engineering Courses